Dr. Zhi Ding is a professor works at Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University City College, associate dean of the school of engineering, the head of Civil Engineering, mainly engaged in scientific research on intelligent construction and maintenance of shield tunnel. He is a postgraduate tutor of Zhejiang University, a national registered geotechnical engineer, a scientific and technological worker with outstanding achievements in Hangzhou, a candidate for funding from the Zhejiang Association for Science and Technology, and an outstanding teacher in the Hangzhou Education Bureau system. He has presided over more than 20 scientific research projects, such as general and youth projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, key and youth projects of the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, and major scientific and technological projects of Hangzhou. He has published more than 70 academic papers as the first or corresponding author, he has been cited more than 1,000 times, and his research results have won more than 10 scientific and technological awards (including 5 provincial or ministerial awards).